Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah

A Jew said to 'Umar, "O Chief of the Believers, if this verse: 'This
day I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favors upon
you, and have chosen for you, Islam as your religion.' (5.3) had been
revealed upon us, we would have taken that day as an 'Id (festival)
day." 'Umar said, "I know definitely on what day this Verse was
revealed; it was revealed on the day of 'Arafat, on a Friday."

That he heard 'Umar speaking while standing on the pulpit of the
Prophet in the morning (following the death of the Prophet), when the
people had sworn allegiance to Abu Bakr. He said the Tashah-hud before
Abu Bakr, and said, "Amma Ba'du (then after) Allah has chosen for his
Apostle what is with Him (Paradise) rather than what is with you (the
world). This is that Book (Quran) with which Allah guided your
Apostle, so stick to it, for then you will be guided on the right path
as Allah guided His Apostle with it."

'Abdullah Bin 'Umar wrote to 'Abdul Malik bin Marwan, swearing
allegiance to him: 'I swear allegiance to you in that I will listen
and obey what is in accordance with the Laws of Allah and the
Tradition of His Apostle as much as I can.'

Abu Huraira said that Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with
'Jawami-al-Kalim ' (the shortest expression with the widest meaning)
and have been made victorious with awe (cast in my enemy's hearts),
and while I was sleeping, I saw that the keys of the treasures of the
world were placed in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has
gone, and you people are utilizing those treasures, or digging those
treasures out." or said a similar sentence.

The Prophet said, "There was no prophet among the prophets but was
given miracles because of which people had security or had belief, but
what I was given was the Divine Inspiration which Allah revealed to
me. So I hope that my followers will be more than those of any other
prophet on the Day of Resurrection."

I sat with Shaiba in this Mosque (Al-Masjid-Al-Haram), and he said,
"'Umar once sat beside me here as you are now sitting, and said, 'I
feel like distributing all the gold and silver that are in it (i.e.,
the Ka'ba) among the Muslims'. I said, 'You cannot do that.' 'Umar
said, 'Why?' I said, 'Your two (previous) companions (the Prophet and
Abu Bakr) did not do it. 'Umar said, 'They are the two persons whom
one must follow.'" (See Hadith No. 664, Vol. 2)

Allah's Apostle said to us, "Honesty descended from the Heavens and
settled in the roots of the hearts of men (faithful believers), and
then the Quran was revealed and the people read the Quran, (and learnt
it from it) and also learnt it from the Sunna." Both Quran and Sunna
strengthened their (the faithful believers') honesty. (See
Hadith No. 208)

The best talk (speech) is Allah's Book 'Quran), and the best way is
the way of Muhammad, and the worst matters are the heresies (those new
things which are introduced into the religion); and whatever you have
been promised will surely come to pass, and you cannot escape (it).

Some angels came to the Prophet while he was sleeping. Some of them
said, "He is sleeping." Others said, "His eyes are sleeping but his
heart is awake." Then they said, "There is an example for this
companion of yours." One of them said, "Then set forth an example for
him." Some of them said, "He is sleeping." The others said, "His eyes
are sleeping but his heart is awake." Then they said, "His example is
that of a man who has built a house and then offered therein a banquet
and sent an inviter (messenger) to invite the people. So whoever
accepted the invitation of the inviter, entered the house and ate of
the banquet, and whoever did not accept the invitation of the inviter,
did not enter the house, nor did he eat of the banquet." Then the
angels said, "Interpret this example to him so that he may understand
it." Some of them said, "He is sleeping.'' The others said, "His eyes
are sleeping but his heart is awake." And then they said, "The houses
stands for Paradise and the call maker is Muhammad; and whoever obeys
Muhammad, obeys Allah; and whoever disobeys Muhammad, disobeys Allah.
Muhammad separated the people (i.e., through his message, the good is
distinguished from the bad, and the believers from the
disbelievers)."

The Prophet said, "My example and the example of what I have been sent
with is that of a man who came to some people and said, 'O people! I
have seen the enemy's army with my own eyes, and I am the naked
warner; so protect yourselves!' Then a group of his people obeyed him
and fled at night proceeding stealthily till they were safe, while
another group of them disbelieved him and stayed at their places till
morning when the army came upon them, and killed and ruined them
completely So this is the example of that person who obeys me and
follows what I have brought (the Quran and the Sunna), and the example
of the one who disobeys me and disbelieves the truth I have brought."

When Allah's Apostle died and Abu Bakr was elected as a Caliph after
him, some of the Arabs reverted to disbelief, 'Umar said to Abu Bakr,
"How dare you fight the people while Allah's Apostle said, I have been
ordered to fight the people till they say 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah' And whoever says: None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah.' waves his wealth and his life from me unless he
deserves a legal punishment lusty, and his account will be with Allah!
Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, I will fight him who discriminates between
Zakat and prayers, for Zakat is the Compulsory right to be taken from
the wealth By Allah, if they refuse to give me even a tying rope which
they use to give to Allah's Apostle, I would fight them for
withholding it." 'Umar said, 'By Allah, It was nothing, except I saw
that Allah had opened the chest of Abu Bakr to the fight, and I came
to know for certain that was the truth."

Uyaina bin Hisn bin Hudhaifa bin Badr came and stayed (at Medina) with
his nephew Al-Hurr bin Qais bin Hisn who has one of those whom 'Umar
used to keep near him, as the Qurra' (learned men knowing Quran by
heart) were the people of Umar's meetings and his advisors whether
they were old or young. 'Uyaina said to his nephew, "O my nephew! Have
you an approach to this chief so as to get for me the permission to
see him?" His nephew said, "I will get the permission for you to see
him." (Ibn 'Abbas added: ) So he took the permission for 'Uyaina, and
when the latter entered, he said, "O the son of Al-Khattab! By Allah,
you neither give us sufficient provision nor judge among us with
justice." On that 'Umar became so furious that he intended to harm
him. Al-Hurr, said, "O Chief of the Believers!" Allah said to His
Apostle 'Hold to forgiveness, command what is good (right), and leave
the foolish (i.e. do not punish them).' (7.199) and this person is
among the foolish." By Allah, 'Umar did not overlook that Verse when
Al-Hurr recited it before him, and 'Umar said to observe (the orders
of) Allah's Book strictly." (See Hadith No. 166, Vol. 6)

I came to 'Aisha during the solar eclipse. The people were standing
(offering prayer) and she too, was standing and offering prayer. I
asked, "What is wrong with the people?" She pointed towards the sky
with her hand and said, Subhan Allah!'' I asked her, "Is there a
sign?" She nodded with her head meaning, yes. When Allah's Apostle
finished (the prayer), he glorified and praised Allah and said, "There
is not anything that I have not seen before but I have seen now at
this place of mine, even Paradise and Hell. It has been revealed to me
that you people will be put to trial nearly like the trial of
Ad-Dajjal, in your graves. As for the true believer or a Muslim (the
sub-narrator is not sure as to which of the two (words Asma' had said)
he will say, 'Muhammad came with clear signs from Allah, and we
responded to him (accepted his teachings) and believed (what he said)'
It will be said (to him) 'Sleep in peace; we have known that you were
a true believer who believed with certainty.' As for a hypocrite or a
doubtful person, (the sub-narrator is not sure as to which word Asma'
said) he will say, 'I do not know, but I heard the people saying
something and so I said the same.' "

The Prophet said, "Leave me as I leave you) for the people who were
before you were ruined because of their questions and their
differences over their prophets. So, if I forbid you to do something,
then keep away from it. And if I order you to do something, then do of
it as much as you can."

The Prophet took a room made of date palm leaves mats in the mosque.
Allah's Apostle prayed in it for a few nights till the people gathered
(to pray the night prayer (Tarawih) (behind him.) Then on the 4th
night the people did not hear his voice and they thought he had slept,
so some of them started humming in order that he might come out. The
Prophet then said, "You continued doing what I saw you doing till I
was afraid that this (Tarawih prayer) might be enjoined on you, and if
it were enjoined on you, you would not continue performing it.
Therefore, O people! Perform your prayers at your homes, for the best
prayer of a person is what is performed at his home except the
compulsory congregational) prayer." (See Hadith No. 229,Vol. 3) (See
Hadith No. 134, Vol. 8)

Allah's Apostle was asked about things which he disliked, and when the
people asked too many questions, he became angry and said, "Ask me
(any question)." A man got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is my
father?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is Hudhaifa." Then another
man got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is my father?" The
Prophet said, "Your father is Salim, Maula Shaiba." When 'Umar saw the
signs of anger on the face of Allah's Apostle, he said, "We repent to
Allah."

(The clerk of Al-Mughira) Muawiya wrote to Al-Mughira 'Write to me
what you have heard from Allah's Apostle.' So he (Al-Mughira) wrote to
him: Allah's Prophet used to say at the end of each prayer: "La ilaha
illalla-h wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul Mulku, wa lahul Hamdu wa hula
ala kulli shai'in qadir. 'Allahumma la mani' a lima a'taita, wala
mu'tiya lima mana'ta, wala yanfa'u dhuljadd minkal-jadd." He also
wrote to him that the Prophet used to forbid (1) Qil and Qal (idle
useless talk or that you talk too much about others), (2) Asking too
many questions (in disputed Religious matters); (3) And wasting one's
wealth by extravagance; (4) and to be undutiful to one's mother (5)
and to bury the daughters alive (6) and to prevent your favors
(benevolence to others (i.e. not to pay the rights of others (7) And
asking others for something (except when it is unavoidable).

We were with 'Umar and he said, "We have been forbidden to undertake a
difficult task beyond our capability (i.e. to exceed the religious
limits e.g., to clean the inside of the eyes while doing ablution)."

The Prophet came out after the sun had declined and offered the Zuhr
prayer (in congregation). After finishing it with Taslim, he stood on
the pulpit and mentioned the Hour and mentioned there would happen
great events before it. Then he said, "Whoever wants to ask me any
question, may do so, for by Allah, you will not ask me about anything
but I will inform you of its answer as long as I am at this place of
mine." On this, the Ansar wept violently, and Allah's Apostle kept on
saying, "Ask Me! " Then a man got up and asked, ''Where will my
entrance be, O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said, "(You will go to)
the Fire." Then 'Abdullah bin Hudhaifa got up and asked, "Who is my
father, O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is
Hudhaifa." The Prophet then kept on saying (angrily), "Ask me! Ask
me!" 'Umar then knelt on his knees and said, "We have accepted Allah
as our Lord and Islam as our religion and Muhammad as an Apostle."
Allah's Apostle became quiet when 'Umar said that. Then Allah's
Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, Paradise and Hell were
displayed before me across this wall while I was praying, and I never
saw such good and evil as I have seen today."

I was with the Prophet at one of the farms of Medina while he was
leaning on a date palm leaf-stalk. He passed by a group of Jews and
some of them said to the other, Ask him (the Prophet) about the
spirit. Some others said, "Do not ask him, lest he should tell you
what you dislike" But they went up to him and said, "O Abal Qasim!
Inform us bout the spirit." The Prophet stood up for a while, waiting.
I realized that he was being Divinely Inspired, so I kept away from
him till the inspiration was over. Then the Prophet said, "(O
Muhammad) they ask you regarding the spirit, Say: The spirit its
knowledge is with my Lord (i.e., nobody has its knowledge except
Allah)" (17.85) (This is a miracle of the Qur'an that all the
scientists up till now do not know about the spirit, i.e, how life
comes to a body and how it goes away at its death) (See
Hadith No. 245, Vol. 6)

The Prophet wore a gold ring and then the people followed him and wore
gold rings too. Then the Prophet said, "I had this golden ring made
for myself. He then threw it away and said, "I shall never put it on."
Thereupon the people also threw their rings away.

The Prophet said (to his companions), "Do not fast Al-Wisal." They
said, "But you fast Al-Wisail." He said, "I am not like you, for at
night my Lord feeds me and makes me drink." But the people did not
give up Al-Wisal, so the Prophet fasted Al-Wisal with them for two
days or two nights, and then they saw the crescent whereupon the
Prophet said, "If the crescent had delayed, I would have continued
fasting (because of you)," as if he wanted to vanquish them completely
(because they had refused to give up Al Wisal).

Ali addressed us while he was standing on a brick pulpit and carrying
a sword from which was hanging a scroll He said "By Allah, we have no
book to read except Allah's Book and whatever is on this scroll," And
then he unrolled it, and behold, in it was written what sort of camels
were to be given as blood money, and there was also written in it:
'Medina is a sanctuary form 'Air (mountain) to such and such place so
whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin therein, he will
incur the curse of Allah, the angles, and all the people and Allah
will not accept his compulsory or optional good deeds.' There was also
written in it: 'The asylum (pledge of protection) granted by any
Muslims is one and the same, (even a Muslim of the lowest status is to
be secured and respected by all the other Muslims, and whoever betrays
a Muslim in this respect (by violating the pledge) will incur the
curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and Allah will not
accept his compulsory or optional good deeds.' There was also written
in it: 'Whoever (freed slave) befriends (takes as masters) other than
his real masters (manumitters) without their permission will incur the
curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and Allah will not
accept his compulsory or optional good deeds. ' (See
Hadith No. 94, Vol. 3)

The Prophet did something as it was allowed from the religious point
of view but some people refrained from it. When the Prophet heard of
that, he, after glorifying and praising Allah, said, "Why do some
people refrain from doing something which I do? By Allah, I know Allah
more than they."

Once the two righteous men, i.e., Abu Bakr and 'Umar were on the verge
of destruction (and that was because): When the delegate of Bani Tamim
came to the Prophet, one of them (either Abu Bakr or 'Umar)
recommended Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamimi Al-Hanzali, the brother of
Bani Majashi (to be appointed as their chief), while the other
recommended somebody else. Abu Bakr said to 'Umar, "You intended only
to oppose me." 'Umar said, "I did not intend to oppose you!" Then
their voices grew louder in front of the Prophet whereupon there was
revealed: 'O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice
of the Prophet..a great reward.' (49.2-3) Ibn Az-Zubair said, 'Thence
forward when 'Umar talked to the Prophet, he would talk like one who
whispered a secret and would even fail to make the Prophet hear him,
in which case the Prophet would ask him (to repeat his words)."

(the mother of believers) Allah's Apostle during his fatal ailment
said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." I said, "If Abu
Bakr stood at your place (in prayers, the people will not be able to
hear him because of his weeping, so order 'Umar to lead the people in
prayer." He again said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer "
Then I said to Hafsa, "Will you say (to the Prophet), 'If Abu Bakr
stood at your place, the people will not be able to hear him be cause
of his weeping, so order 'Umar to lead the people in prayer?" Hafsa
did so, whereupon Allah's Apostle said, "You are like the companions
of Joseph (See Qur'an, 12:30-32). Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in
prayer." Hafsa then said to me, "I have never received any good from
you!"

'Uwaimir Al-'Ajlani came to 'Asim bin 'Adi and said, "If a man found
another man with his wife and killed him, would you sentence the
husband to death (in Qisas,) i.e., equality in punishment)? O 'Asim!
Please ask Allah's Apostle about this matter on my behalf." 'Asim
asked the Prophet but the Prophet disliked the question and
disapproved of it. 'Asim returned and informed 'Uwaimir that the
Prophet disliked that type of question. 'Uwaimir said, "By Allah, I
will go (personally) to the Prophet." 'Uwaimir came to the Prophet
when Allah had already revealed Qur'anic Verses (in that respect),
after 'Asim had left (the Prophet ). So the Prophet said to 'Uwaimir,
"Allah has revealed Qur'anic Verses regarding you and your wife." The
Prophet then called for them, and they came and carried out the order
of Lian.

Then 'Uwaimir said, "O Allah's Apostle! Now if I kept her with me, I
would be accused of telling a lie." So 'Uwaimir divorced her although
the Prophet did not order him to do so. Later on this practice of
divorcing became the tradition of couples involved in a case of Li'an.
The Prophet said (to the people). "Wait for her! If she delivers a red
short (small) child like a Wahra (a short red animal). then I will be
of the opinion that he ('Uwaimir) has told a lie but if she delivered
a black big-eyed one with big buttocks, then I will be of the opinion
that he has told the truth about her." 'Ultimately she gave birth to a
child that proved the accusation. (See Hadith No. 269, Vol. 6)

I proceeded till I entered upon 'Umar (and while I was sitting there),
his gate-keeper Yarfa came to him and said, " 'Uthman, 'Abdur-Rahman,
Az-Zubair and Sa'd ask your permission to come in." 'Umar allowed
them. So they entered, greeted, and sat down. (After a while the
gatekeeper came) and said, "Shall I admit 'Ali and 'Abbas?'' 'Umar
allowed them to enter. Al-'Abbas said "O Chief of the believers! Judge
between me and the oppressor ('Ali)." Then there was a dispute
(regarding the property of Bani Nadir) between them ('Abbas and 'Ali).
'Uthman and his companions said, "O Chief of the Believers! Judge
between them and relieve one from the other." Umar said, "Be patient!
beseech you by Allah, with Whose permission the Heaven and the Earth
Exist! Do you know that Allah's Apostle said, 'Our property is not to
be inherited, and whatever we leave is to be given in charity,' and by
this Allah's Apostle meant himself?" On that the group said, "He
verily said so." 'Umar then faced 'Ali and 'Abbas and said, "I beseech
you both by Allah, do you both know that Allah's Apostle said so?"
They both replied, "Yes". 'Umar then said, "Now I am talking to you
about this matter (in detail) . Allah favored Allah's Apostle with
some of this wealth which He did not give to anybody else, as Allah
said: 'What Allah bestowed as Fai (Booty on His Apostle for which you
made no expedition... ' (59.6)

So that property was totally meant for Allah's Apostle, yet he did not
collect it and ignore you, nor did he withhold it with your exclusion,
but he gave it to you and distributed it among you till this much of
it was left behind, and the Prophet, used to spend of this as the
yearly expenditures of his family and then take what remained of it
and spent it as he did with (other) Allah's wealth. The Prophet did so
during all his lifetime, and I beseech you by Allah, do you know
that?" They replied, "Yes." 'Umar then addressed 'Ali and 'Abbas,
saying, "I beseech you both by Allah, do you know that?" Both of them
replied, "Yes." 'Umar added, "Then Allah took His Apostle unto Him.
Abu Bakr then said 'I am the successor of Allah's Apostle' and took
over all the Prophet's property and disposed of it in the same way as
Allah's Apostle used to do, and you were present then." Then he turned
to 'Ali and 'Abbas and said, "You both claim that Abu Bakr did
so-and-so in managing the property, but Allah knows that Abu Bakr was
honest, righteous, intelligent, and a follower of what is right in
managing it.

Then Allah took Abu Bakr unto Him, 'I said: I am the successor of
Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr.' So I took over the property for two
years and managed it in the same way as Allah's Apostle, and Abu Bakr
used to do. Then you both ('Ali and 'Abbas) came to me and asked for
the same thing! (O 'Abbas! You came to me to ask me for your share
from nephew's property; and this ('Ali) came to me asking for his
wives share from her father's property, and I said to you both, 'If
you wish, I will place it in your custody on condition that you both
will manage it in the same way as Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr did and
as I have been doing since I took charge of managing it; otherwise, do
not speak to me anymore about it.'

Then you both said, 'Give it to us on that (condition).' So I gave it
to you on that condition. Now I beseech you by Allah, did I not give
it to them on that condition?" The group (whom he had been addressing)
replied, "Yes." 'Umar then addressed 'Abbas and 'Ali saying, "I
beseech you both by Allah, didn't I give you all that property on that
condition?" They said, "Yes." 'Umar then said, "Are you now seeking a
verdict from me other than that? By Him with Whose Permission the
Heaven and the Earth exists I will not give any verdict other than
that till the Hour is established; and if you both are unable to
manage this property, then you can hand it back to me, and I will be
sufficient for it on your behalf." (See, Hadith No. 326, Vol. 4)

I said to Anas, "Did Allah's Apostle make Medina a sanctuary?" He
replied, "Yes, (Medina is a sanctuary from such-and-such place to
such-and-such place. It is forbidden to cut its trees, and whoever
innovates an heresy in it or commits a sin therein, will incur the
curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people." Then Musa bin Anas
told me that Anas added, "..... or gives refuge to such an heretic or
a sinner..."

I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah will not deprive you of knowledge
after he has given it to you, but it will be taken away through the
death of the religious learned men with their knowledge. Then there
will remain ignorant people who, when consulted, will give verdicts
according to their opinions whereby they will mislead others and go
astray."

I asked Abu Wail, "Did you witness the battle of Siffin between 'Ali
and Muawiya?" He said, "Yes," and added, "Then I heard Sahl bin Hunaif
saying, 'O people! Blame your personal opinions in your religion. No
doubt, I remember myself on the day of Abi Jandal; if I had the power
to refuse the order of Allah's Apostle, I would have refused it.

We have never put our swords on our shoulders to get involved in a
situation that might have been horrible for us, but those swords
brought us to victory and peace, except this present situation.' " Abu
Wail said, "I witnessed the battle of Siffin, and how nasty Siffin
was!"

I fell ill, Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr came to visit me on foot. The
Prophet came to me while I was unconscious. Allah's Apostle performed
ablution and poured the Remaining water of his ablution over me
whereupon I became conscious and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! How should
I spend my wealth? Or how should I deal with my wealth?" But the
Prophet did not give me any reply till the Verse of the laws of
inheritance was revealed.

A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Men
(only) benefit by your teachings, so please devote to us from (some
of) your time, a day on which we may come to you so that you may teach
us of what Allah has taught you." Allah's Apostle said, "Gather on
such-and-such a day at such-and-such a place." They gathered and
Allah's Apostle came to them and taught them of what Allah had taught
him. He then said, "No woman among you who has lost her three children
(died) but that they will screen her from the Fire." A woman among
them said, "O Allah's Apostle! If she lost two children?" She repeated
her question twice, whereupon the Prophet said, "Even two, even two,
even two!" (See Hadith No. 341, Vol. 2)

I heard Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan delivering a sermon. He said, "I heard
the Prophet saying, "If Allah wants to do a favor to somebody, He
bestows on him, the gift of understanding the Quran and Sunna. I am
but a distributor, and Allah is the Giver. The state of this nation
will remain good till the Hour is established, or till Allah's Order
comes."

When the (following) Verse was revealed to Allah's Apostle: 'Say: He
has power to send torment on you from above,'..(6.65) he said, "O
Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that punishment)." And when
this was revealed: '..or from beneath your feet.' (6.65) he said, "O
Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that)." And when this Verse
was revealed: '..or to cover you with confusion in party-strife, and
make you to taste the violence of one another,'...(6.65) he said:
"These two warnings are easier (than the previous ones)."

A bedouin came to Allah's Apostle and said, "My wife has delivered a
black boy, and I suspect that he is not my child." Allah's Apostle
said to him, "Have you got camels?" The bedouin said, "Yes." The
Prophet said, "What color are they?" The bedouin said, "They are red."
The Prophet said, "Are any of them Grey?" He said, "There are Grey
ones among them." The Prophet said, "Whence do you think this color
came to them?" The bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! It resulted from
hereditary disposition." The Prophet said, "And this (i.e., your
child) has inherited his color from his ancestors." The Prophet did
not allow him to deny his paternity of the child.

A woman came to the Prophet and said, "My mother vowed to perform the
Hajj but she died before performing it. Should I perform the Hajj on
her behalf?" He said, "Yes! Perform the Hajj on her behalf. See, if
your mother had been in debt, would you have paid her debt?" She said,
"Yes." He said, "So you should pay what is for Him as Allah has more
right that one should fulfill one's obligations to Him. "

Allah's Apostle said, "Do not wish to be like anybody except in two
cases: The case of a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it
in the right way, and that of a man whom Allah has given religious
wisdom (i.e., Qur'an and Sunna) and he gives his verdicts according to
it and teaches it." (to others i.e., religious knowledge of Qur'an and
Sunna (Prophet's Traditions)). "

'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (the people) about the Imlas of a woman,
i.e., a woman who has an abortion because of having been beaten on her
abdomen, saying, "Who among you has heard anything about it from the
Prophet?" I said, "I did.'' He said, "What is that?" I said, "I heard
the Prophet saying, "Its Diya (blood money) is either a male or a
female slave.' " 'Umar said, "Do not leave till you present witness in
support of your statement." So I went out, and found Muhammad bin
Maslama. I brought him, and he bore witness with me that he had heard
the Prophet saying, "Its Diya (blood money) is either a male slave or
a female slave."

The Prophet said, "The Hour will not be established till my followers
copy the deeds of the previous nations and follow them very closely,
span by span, and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch)." It was said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians and
the Byzantines?" The Prophet said, "Who can it be other than they?"

The Prophet said, "You will follow the ways of those nations who were
before you, span by span and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so
much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would
follow them." We said, "O Allah's Apostle! (Do you mean) the Jews and
the Christians?" He said, "Whom else?"

The Prophet said, "None is killed unjustly, but the first son of Adam
will have a part of its burden." Sufyan said, "..a part of its blood
because he was the first to establish the tradition of murdering"

A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam to Allah's
Apostle, and then he got an attack of fever in Medina and came to
Allah's Apostle: and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my pledge."
Allah's Apostle refused to do so. The bedouin came to him again and
said, "Cancel my pledge," but he refused again, and then again, the
bedouin came to him and said, "Cancel my pledge," and Allah's Apostle
refused. The bedouin finally went away, and Allah's Apostle said,
"Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace), it expels its impurities
while it brightens and clears its good.'

9.424.:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

I used to teach Qur'an to 'Abdur-Rahman bin Auf. When Umar performed
his last Hajj, 'Abdur-Rahman said (to me) at Mina, "Would that you had
seen Chief of the believers today! A man came to him and said,
"So-and-so has said, "If Chief of the Believers died, we will give the
oath of allegiance to such-and-such person,' 'Umar said, 'I will get
up tonight and warn those who want to usurp the people's rights.' I
said, 'Do not do so, for the season (of Hajj) gathers the riffraff mob
who will form the majority of your audience, and I am afraid that they
will not understand (the meaning of) your saying properly and may
spread (an incorrect statement) everywhere. You should wait till we
reach Medina, the place of migration and the place of the Sunna (the
Prophet's Traditions). There you will meet the companions of Allah's
Apostle from the Muhajirin and the Ansar who will understand your
statement and place it in its proper position' 'Umar said, 'By Allah,
I shall do so the first time I stand (to address the people) in
Medina.' When we reached Medina, 'Umar (in a Friday Khutba-sermon)
said, "No doubt, Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed to
him the Book (Quran), and among what was revealed, was the Verse of
Ar-Rajm (stoning adulterers to death).'" (See Hadith No. 817,Vol. 8)

We were with Abu Huraira while he was wearing two linen garments dyed
with red clay. He cleaned his nose with his garment, saying, "Bravo!
Bravo! Abu Huraira is cleaning his nose with linen! There came a time
when I would fall senseless between the pulpit of Allah's Apostle and
'Aisha's dwelling whereupon a passerby would come and put his foot on
my neck, considering me a mad man, but in fact, I had no madness, I
suffered nothing but hunger."

Ibn 'Abbas was asked, "Did you offer the Id prayer with the Prophet?"
He said, "Yes, had it not been for my close relation to the Prophet, I
would not have performed it (with him) because of my being too young
The Prophet came to the mark which is near the home of Kathir bin
As-Salt and offered the Id prayer and then delivered the sermon. I do
not remember if any Adhan or Iqama were pronounced for the prayer.
Then the Prophet ordered (the women) to give alms, and they started
stretching out their hands towards their ears and throats (giving
their ornaments in charity), and the Prophet ordered Bilal to go to
them (to collect the alms), and then Bilal returned to the Prophet

'Aisha said to 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, "Bury me with my female
companions (i.e. the wives of the Prophet) and do not bury me with the
Prophet in the house, for I do not like to be regarded as sanctified
(just for being buried there).''

Narrated Hisham's father: 'Umar sent a message to 'Aisha, saying,
"Will you allow me to be buried with my two companions (the Prophet
and Abu Bakr) ?" She said, "Yes, by Allah." though it was her habit
that if a man from among the companions (of the Prophet ) sent her a
message asking her to allow him to be buried there, she would say,
"No, by Allah, I will never give permission to anyone to be buried
with them."

The Sa' (a kind of measure) during the lifetime of the Prophet used to
be equal to the one Mudd (another kind of measure) and one third of a
Mudd which we use today, but the Sa' of today has become large.

The Jews brought a man and a woman who had committed illegal sexual
intercourse, to the Prophet and the Prophet ordered them to be stoned
to death, and they were stoned to death near the mosque where the
biers used to be placed.

The Mountain of Uhud came in sight of Allah's Apostle who then said,
"This is a mountain that loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham
made Mecca a sanctuary and I make the area between its (Medina's) two
mountains a sanctuary."

'Abdullah said, "The Prophet arranged for a horse race, and the
prepared horses were given less food for a few days before the race to
win the race, and were allowed to run from Al-Hafya to
Thaniyat-al-Wada', and the unprepared horses were allowed to run
between Thaniyat-al-Wada' and the mosque of Bani Zuraiq," 'Abdullah
was one of those who participated in the race.

The Prophet brought the Ansar and the Quarish people into alliance in
my house at Medina, and he invoked Allah for one month against the
tribe of Bani Sulaim in (the last Rak'a of each compulsory) prayer.

When I arrived at Medina, 'Abdullah bin Salam met me and said to me,
"Accompany me to my house so that I may make you drink from a bowl
from which Allah's Apostle used to drink, and that you may offer
prayer in the mosque in which the Prophet used to pray." I accompanied
him, and he made me drink Sawiq and gave me dates to eat, and then I
prayed in his mosque.

The Prophet said to me, "Someone came to me tonight from my Lord while
I was in the 'Aqiq (valley), and said to me, "Offer prayer in this
blessed valley and say: 'Labbaik' for the (performance of) 'Umra and
Hajj."

Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet fixed Qarn as the Miqat (for assuming the
Ihram) for the people of Najd, and Al-Juhfa for the people of Sham,
and Dhul-Hulaifa for the people of Medina." Ibn 'Umar added, "I heard
this from the Prophet, and I have been informed that the Prophet said,
'The Miqat for the Yemenites is Yalamlam.' "When Iraq was mentioned,
he said, "At that time it was not a Muslim country."

That he heard the Prophet, after raising his head from the bowing in
morning prayer, saying, "O Allah, our Lord! All the praises are for
you." And in the last (Rak'a) he said, "O Allah! Curse so-and-so and
so--and-so." And then Allah revealed:-- 'Not for you (O Muhammad) is
the decision, (but for Allah), whether He turns in mercy to them or
punish them, for they are indeed wrongdoers.' (3.128)

That Allah's Apostle came to him and Fatima the daughter of Allah's
Apostle at their house at night and said, "Won't you pray?" 'Ali
replied, "O Allah's Apostle! Our souls are in the Hands of Allah and
when he wants us to get up, He makes us get up." When 'Ali said that
to him, Allah's Apostle left without saying anything to him. While the
Prophet was leaving, 'Ali heard him striking his thigh (with his hand)
and saying, "But man is quarrelsome more than anything else." (18.54)

While we were in the mosque, Allah's Apostle came out and said, "Let
us proceed to the Jews." So we went out with him till we came to
Bait-al-Midras. The Prophet stood up there and called them, saying, "O
assembly of Jews! Surrender to Allah (embrace Islam) and you will be
safe!" They said, "You have conveyed Allah's message, O Aba-al-Qasim"
Allah's Apostle then said to them, "That is what I want; embrace Islam
and you will be safe." They said, "You have conveyed the message, O
Aba-al-Qasim." Allah's Apostle then said to them, "That is what I
want," and repeated his words for the third time and added, "Know that
the earth is for Allah and I want to exile you from this land, so
whoever among you has property he should sell it, otherwise, know that
the land is for Allah and His Apostle."

Allah's Apostle said, "Noah will be brought (before Allah) on the Day
of Resurrection, and will be asked, 'Did you convey the message of
Allah?" He will reply, 'Yes, O Lord.' And then Noah's nation will be
asked, 'Did he (Noah) convey Allah's message to you?' They will reply,
'No warner came to us.' Then Noah will be asked, 'Who are your
witnesses?' He will reply. '(My witnesses are) Muhammad and his
followers.' Thereupon you (Muslims) will be brought and you will bear
witness." Then the Prophet recited: 'And thus We have made of you
(Muslims) a just and the best nation, that you might be witness over
the nations, and the Apostle a witness over you.' (2.143)

Allah's Apostle sent the brother of the tribe of Bani Adi Al-Ansari as
governor of Khaibar. Then the man returned, bringing Janib (a good
kind of date). Allah's Apostle asked him, "Are all the dates of
Khaibar like that?" He replied, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! We
take one Sa' of these (good) dates for two Sas of mixed dates."
Allah's Apostle then said, "Do not do so. You should either take one
Sa of this (kind) for one Sa' of the other; or sell one kind and then
buy with its price the other kind (of dates), and you should do the
same in weighing."

That he heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If a judge gives a verdict
according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is correct
(i.e. agrees with Allah and His Apostle's verdict) he will receive a
double reward, and if he gives a verdict according to the best of his
knowledge and his verdict is wrong, (i.e. against that of Allah and
His Apostle) even then he will get a reward ."

Abu Musa asked permission to enter upon 'Umar, but seeing that he was
busy, he went away. 'Umar then said, "Didn't I hear the voice of
'Abdullah bin Qais? Allow him to come in." He was called in and 'Umar
said to him, "What made you do what you did." He replied, "We have
been instructed thus by the Prophet" 'Umar said, "Bring proof
(witness) for this, other wise I will do so-and-so to you." Then
'Abdullah bin Qais went to a gathering of the Ansar who then said,
"None but the youngest of us will give the witness for it." So Abu
Said Al-Khudri got up and said, "We used to be instructed thus (by the
Prophet)." 'Umar said, "This tradition of the Prophet remained hidden
from me. Business in the market kept me busy."

Abu Huraira said, "You people claim that Abu Huraira narrates many
narrations of Allah's Apostle. (Anyhow) with Allah will be our
appointment. I was a poor man, and used to stick to Allah's Apostle
contented with what will fill my stomach, and the Muhajirin
(emigrants) used to be busy trading in the markets, and the Ansar used
to be busy looking after their properties. One-day I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'Who will spread his Rida' (a garment covering the
upper part of the body) till I finished my speech and then fold it,
(i.e. wrap it over your body), in which case he will never forget
anything he had heard from me." So I spread my garment which I was
wearing; and by Him Who sent Muhammad with the Truth, ever since, I
have never forgotten whatever I heard from him (the Prophet)" (See,
Hadith No. 119, Vol. 1)

I saw Jabir bin 'Abdullah swearing by Allah that Ibn Sayyad was the
Dajjal. I said to Jabir, "How can you swear by Allah?" Jabir said, "I
have heard 'Umar swearing by Allah regarding this matter in the
presence of the Prophet and the Prophet did not disapprove of it."

Allah's Apostle said, "Horses may be used for three purposes: For a
man they may be a source of reward (in the Hereafter); for another, a
means of protection; and for another, a source of sin. The man for
whom they are a source of reward, is the one who keeps them for
Allah's Cause and ties them with long ropes and lets them graze in a
pasture or garden. Whatever those long ropes allow them to eat of that
pasture or garden, will be written as good deeds for him and if they
break their ropes and run one or two rounds, then all their footsteps
and dung will be written as good deeds for him, and if they pass a
river and drink from it though he has had no intention of watering
them, even then, that will be written as good deeds for him. So such
horses are a source of reward for that man. For the man who keeps
horses for his livelihood in order not to ask others for help or beg
his bread, and at the same time he does not forget Allah's right of
what he earns through them and of their backs (that he presents it to
be used in Allah's Cause), such horses are a shelter for him (from
poverty). For the man who keeps them just out of pride and for showing
off, they are a source of sin." Then Allah's Apostle was asked about
donkeys. He said, "Allah has not revealed anything to me regarding
them except this comprehensive Verse:

"Then anyone who has done good, equal to the weight of an atom (or a
small ant) shall see it, and any one who has done evil, equal to the
weight of an atom (or a small ant) shall see it." (99.7-8)

A woman asked the Prophet about the periods: How to take a bath after
the periods. He said, "Take a perfumed piece of cloth and clean
yourself with it." She said,' "How shall I clean myself with it, O
Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said, "Clean yourself" She said again,
"How shall I clean myself, O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said,
"Clean yourself with it." Then I knew what Allah's Apostle meant. So I
pulled her aside and explained it to her.

Um Hufaid bint Al-Harith bin Hazn presented the Prophet with some
butter, dried yoghurt (curd milk) and mastigures as a gift. The
Prophet then asked for a meal (mastigures etc. to be put) and it was
eaten over his table cloth, but the Prophet did not eat of it, as he
had aversion to it. But if it had been illegal to eat, it would not
have been eaten over his table cloth nor would he have ordered that
(mastigures meat) to be eaten

The Prophet said, "Whoever has eaten garlic or onion, should keep away
from us, or should keep away from our mosque and should stay at home."
Ibn Wahb said, "Once a plate full of cooked vegetables was brought to
the Prophet at Badr. Detecting a bad smell from it, he asked about
the dish and was informed of the kinds of vegetables in contained. He
then said, "Bring it near," and so it was brought near to one of his
companions who was with him. When the Prophet saw it, he disliked
eating it and said (to his companion), "Eat, for I talk in secret to
ones whom you do not talk to."

A lady came to Allah's Apostle and she talked to him about something,
and he gave her some order. She said, "O Allah's Apostle! If I should
not find you?" He said, "If you should not find me, then go to Abu
Bakr." Ibrahim bin Sa'd said, "As if she meant the death (of the
Prophet)."

The people of the Book used to read the Torah in Hebrew and then
explain it in Arabic to the Muslims. Allah's Apostle said (to the
Muslims). "Do not believe the people of the Book, nor disbelieve them,
but say, 'We believe in Allah and whatever is revealed to us, and
whatever is revealed to you.' "

Ibn 'Abbas said, "Why do you ask the people of the scripture about
anything while your Book (Quran) which has been revealed to Allah's
Apostle is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and
unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture
(Jews and Christians) changed their scripture and distorted it, and
wrote the scripture with their own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,'
to sell it for a little gain. Does not the knowledge which has come to
you prevent you from asking them about anything? No, by Allah, we have
never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been
revealed to you!"

After the slanderers had given a forged statement against her, Allah's
Apostle called 'Ali bin Abi Talib and Usama bin Zaid when the Divine
Inspiration was delayed. He wanted to ask them and consult them about
the question of divorcing me. Usama gave his evidence that was based
on what he knew about my innocence, but 'Ali said, "Allah has not put
restrictions on you and there are many women other than her.
Furthermore you may ask the slave girl who will tell you the truth."
So the Prophet asked Barira (my salve girl), "Have you seen anything
that may arouse your suspicion?" She replied, "I have not seen
anything more than that she is a little girl who sleeps, leaving the
dough of her family (unguarded) that the domestic goats come and eat
it." Then the Prophet stood on the pulpit and said, "O Muslims! Who
will help me against the man who has harmed me by slandering my wife?
By Allah, I know nothing about my family except good." The narrator
added: Then the Prophet mentioned the innocence of 'Aisha. (See
Hadith No. 274, Vol. 6)

Allah's Apostle addressed the people, and after praising and
glorifying Allah, he said, "What do you suggest me regarding those
people who are abusing my wife? I have never known anything bad about
her." The sub-narrator, 'Urwa, said: When 'Aisha was told of the
slander, she said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you allow me to go to my
parents' home?" He allowed her and sent a slave along with her. An
Ansari man said, "Subhanaka! It is not right for us to speak about
this. Subhanaka! This is a great lie!"

I heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah in a gathering saying, "We, the companions
of Allah's Apostle assumed the state of Ihram to perform only Hajj
without 'Umra." Jabir added, "The Prophet arrived (at Mecca) on the
fourth of Dhul-Hijja. And when we arrived (in Mecca) the Prophet
ordered us to finish the state of Ihram, saying, "Finish your lhram
and go to your wives (for sexual relation)." Jabir added, "The Prophet
did not oblige us (to go to our wives) but he only made that legal for
us. Then he heard that we were saying, "When there remains only five
days between us and the Day of Arafat he orders us to finish our Ihram
by sleeping with our wives in which case we will proceed to 'Arafat
with our male organs dribbling with semen?' (Jabir pointed out with
his hand illustrating what he was saying). Allah's Apostle stood up
and said, 'You (People) know that I am the most Allah-fearing, the
most truthful and the best doer of good deeds (pious) from among you.
If I had not brought the Hadi with me, I would have finished my Ihram
as you will do, so finish your Ihram. If I had formerly known what I
came to know lately, I would not have brought the Hadi with me.' So we
finished our Ihram and listened to the Prophet and obeyed him." (See
Hadith No. 713, Vol. 2)

The Prophet said, "Perform (an optional) prayer before Maghrib
prayer." (He repeated it thrice) and the third time he said, "Whoever
wants to offer it can do so," lest the people should take it as a
Sunna (tradition). (See Hadith No. 277, Vol. 2)

Allah's Apostle said, "Recite (and study) the Quran as long as you are
in agreement as to its interpretation and meanings, but when you have
differences regarding its interpretation and meanings, then you should
stop reciting it (for the time being.) (See Hadith No 581, Vol. 6)

When the time of the death of the Prophet approached while there were
some men in the house, and among them was 'Umar bin Al-Khatttab, the
Prophet said, "Come near let me write for you a writing after which
you will never go astray." 'Umar said, "The Prophet is seriously ill,
and you have the Quran, so Allah's Book is sufficient for us." The
people in the house differed and disputed. Some of them said, "Come
near so that Allah's Apostle may write for you a writing after which
you will not go astray," while some of them said what 'Umar said. When
they made much noise and differed greatly before the Prophet, he said
to them, "Go away and leave me." Ibn 'Abbas used to say, "It was a
great disaster that their difference and noise prevented Allah's
Apostle from writing that writing for them.